Organized by Jessica Chao, vice president, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and Vanessa Whang, senior program consultant, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. Presented by Jessica Chao; Vanessa Whang; Jean Cook, deputy director, Future of Music Coalition; Ken Freedman, station manager, WFMU; Frank J. Oteri, composer advocate, American Music Center, and founding editor, NewMusicBox.
This session will include AV samples of internet-based servicese.g., digital radio, streaming, rights-cleared downloads, and social networking sitesas a jumping off point for a lively discussion on how musicians (and other artists) are finding their way through the 21st century’s “Gutenberg moment.” How are new media affecting the cultural realm and what we produce, how we produce it, how we experience it, and how we share it? How is the democratization of digital tools blurring the distinctions between creator and consumer, expert and amateur, tastemakers and fan base? When do we want or not want to commodify culture?
Future of Music Coalition www.futureofmusic.org
Fact Sheets for New York State Musicians www.futureofmusic.org/nysmf/index.cfm
WFMU 91.1 www.wfmu.org American Music Center www.amc.net
WFMU Free Music Archive www.freemusicarchive.org/prelaunch
Counterstream Radio www.counterstreamradio.org
New Music Box www.newmusicbox.org